[GrumpyOldMan]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Few hours ago they would not load now they did.

Beautiful pictures

Thank you.

[TNGary]

Hey OP, thanks, very humbling to see the beauty of nature. Also, the way you had a focused bird and not focused background is amazing. Two questions please:
1. What type of camera did you use?
2. Where you on auto focus or manual focus?,
thanks for sharing, your my hero???

[GrumpyOldMan]

Originally Posted by TNGary

Hey OP, thanks, very humbling to see the beauty of nature. Also, the way you had a focused bird and not focused background is amazing. Two questions please:
1. What type of camera did you use?
2. Where you on auto focus or manual focus?,
thanks for sharing, your my hero???

I use a Nikon D7500, the bird shots were made using a AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm 1:5.6E ED lenses. The lens with the hood is about 18 to 24 inches long and weighs in at 5lbs. Hauling it around for 2 to 3 mile walks is good exercise - LOL!

I use autofocus most of the time when walking around. I use a single focal point and try to focus on the eye. The blurred background is a result of the long lens (I shot most of those at 500m and wide open (f5.6). (I use manual focus most of the time on landscapes)

Thank you for the compliment. I am totally new to wildlife and bird photography, so, I will be shooting on my daily walks until I can do it without thinking.

Those shots are all a little grainy, I shot at ISO 4000 to 6000 because I was hand-holding that heavy long lense and wanted to keep my shutter speed up as high as possible (over 1/1000 sec) to avoid motion blur. I need to get that ISO down to 1200 or so to reduce the grain/noise which will make the images sharper.

But, I will learn - it's fun and at this time of the year there are a lot of birds that want their photo taken .

I will post some more tomorrow with a lighter faster lens.


Frank

[mixsonci]

I got seven pictures. Just beautiful, great detail of the birds.

[Two Bills]

What a shame. Still can't see them.

[Boomer]

Got them now. Wonderful pictures! Thank you.

[La lamy]

Those moorhen's red beaks are so cool. My phone photos don't do those birds justice. Great pics, thank you!

[Rosebud1949]

Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan

I have moved the images to Flickr - hopefully, that will solve the problem with some people not seeing them. PLEASE let me know if you have problems seeing these. It may show just the link for a second or two the first time you load this post and then show the image.





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White Egret, Egyptian Geese, Mocking Bird and either Crow or Raven and Cormorants.....

[talktome]

You could have fooled me! I would say you're an expert photographer. Beautiful pictures of very beautiful birds! Thanks for sharing!

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

What a shame. Still can't see them.

Two Bills, I couldn't see them either, but when I switched from the old version of TOTV (easier on my eyes) to the new version, they showed up.

[graciegirl]

There they are. I apologize for teasing that you were pulling our legs.

They are beautiful. Soon you will be like our wonderful Villager Ron Clark who shares here under his screen name Alemorkam.

[mamamia54]

Hard to believe you are new at this. I think it should be a 2022 calendar! Great job.

[Bridget Staunton]

Thank you for sharing. Beautiful pictures

[itsaly]

These are beautiful! Thank you for sharing!

[Syd2008]

Very nice!! Just an observer-no advice.